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, 1887-03-23

Senator Nye once went to the White
House with a party of his New York
friends who wished to have Il clergyman
appointed chaplain in the army. Mr..
Lincoln told them that he had at one
time determined to mako the appoint
ment, but a strong protest against it had
been received stating hat the clergyman
was not decorous in his department, and
he had determined to hear more about
him. 81 will admit, - said Senator Nye,
THAT our friend is endowed with a
glorious fund Of irrepressible good humor,
but l have heard, Mr.. President, of an
old pioneer minister in your state of
Illinois who was arraigned before a
county conference to be reprimanded by
the bishop for his sallies of wit from the
pulpit. Before the Episcopal dignity
could settle itself for an impressive utter
ance the old man burst out: Brethren,
l never did believe in q religion that had
no fun in it, The bishops gun was
spiked, and the conference, amid roars
of laughter, at once passed the old min
ister's character"
THAT is a good story, Nye," said Mr..
Lincoln. Let me tell you n about
Peter Cartwright, who. on II occasion,
was CONFUSING his conference with wit
AM humor. The presiding bishop was q
man Of earnest but ascetic piety. Brother
Cartwright, said he, do you think that
while you are INDUCING in this levity
you are growing in grace?' The old
pioneer preacher, with a c%ountenance
beamirrs with fun, replied, oh, yes,
brother, in spots 1 guess, Nye, l will
have your man appointed, but tell him to
keep his stories until he can come to
Washington and let me hear them first"
Ben: Perley Poore.
, 1887-03-23
TAKING IL OATH.

Nothing is better calculated to explain
the difficulty ofenforcing the laws in Utah
than n recent article addressed to the
saints by their organ. the Deseret Ne,cs.
For it is, perhaps, the most conspicuous
instance yet discovered of the elasticity of
what is called the Mormon conscience.
The Edmunds Tucker bill, which has just
become a law, provides, among other
things, a new test oath to be administered
to voters. The applicant is obliged to
swear that he will, for the fut1re, obey
the laws of the land. and especially those
laws which bear upon the subject OF
polygamy. 1t is, in fact, merely an ac-
acknowledgement that he will regard the law
Of the United States as superior to the
dictates of his ecclesiastical superiors. A
local election having been ordered by the
Utah commission, the Neus issues advice
to its readers as to their conduct in what
it calls the turning point in Utah" And
that advice is, as distinctly as if it were
put in plain English, in favor of general
perjury. Nobody knows says the
writer, the intentions of a voter as to
present or future obedience to the
laws of the land except himself,
unless he likes to disclose them. There
are no doubt many Mormon citizens who
can take the oath conscicntiously, though
they protest against it as an infringement
of their liberty 1t urges the importance
Of keeping the control of territorial affairs
out of the hands of law abiding citizens,
whom it stigmatizes as "plotters'' and
%"scoundrels." And it speaks without
Disguise ia the following e~xhortation:
AT Brigham City we believe that there
will be found enough members of the
Peoples party who will feel at liberty to
take the oath and vote for good govern
mcnt, low taxes. the suppression of the
liquor traffic. and of those vices which fol-
low in its wake, and for men who will
maiutain the order which has hitherto
prevailed in that peaceful city. If they
feel free to take the oath. no Judge has
any right to reject their votes, whether
! they are Mormons or Of any other faith"
, 1887-03-23
A DOGS sELF-sAcRlFlcE.


How n vonturcsome Lad whs Saved
from the Jaws of IA Shark.
A southern paper prints the following
moving story Of sublime se~lf-sacrifico by
n dog-a fine large Newfoundland. A
camping party on the coast of Georgia,
near Savannah, had been amusing them
selves by swimming in the bay, and n
venturesome lad named Charlie Butler
had swan much farther, and staid
longer than the rest. The writer. who
was the owner of the dog, dressed him
self, and was busy at the camp ground
preparing supper when he heard an
alarm.
A sudden cutlery told me something
was going wrong on the shore. Grab
bling a rifle and Fastening back, with
Carlo at my heels, l beheld Butler some
distance away, swimming with all his
might, and only a few yards behind him
the vertical fin Of a huge shark. There
seemed no possibility that the boys
lie could be saved; we were without
boats, and fish and mar were so nearly
in line from us that I did not dare to fire.
In a second Black Carlo, comprehending
the situation, dashed through tho surf,
and started to swim toward Charlie with
a speed have never seen equaled by any
land animal. Tho boy, having. leisurely
covered most of the distance between the
reef and tho shore when the man eater
started after him, was comparatively
fresh, and, when he saw tho noble dog
fastening to his help. made a final des-
perate effort to escape. In another in
slant Carlo was close to him.
Just then, however, the shark, having
come near enough. turned SO that we
could see his white belly glistening in the
twilight, and was all ready for tho spring
that would surely have ended Charlie
life, when Carlo, leaping clean over But
lcr's form, appeared to go straight into
the monsters mouth; and the latter, hav-
ing got his supper, disappeared in deep
water, while the lad in u few seconds was
safe On the shore. That night Il JOY
over our comrades rescue was mingled
with sorrow for the life so calamity sac
rificed in his behalf, and to this day the
memory Of that thrilling scene fills me
with sadness for the loss of Black Carlo,
my dog hero.-Exchange.
, 1887-03-23
SOME NEWSPAPER STATISTICS.
Curiosities That Are Well Worth IA Par,
Interestinp LIST.

Curiosities That Are Well Worth IA Para
g~raph-An Interesting List.
There are now published in the United
States ii, 100 newspapers and periodicals
of all classes. The net gain of the year
has been G66. The daily newspapers
1,21G, a gain of SO. Canada has 60
periodicals. There are about 1000
periodicals of all sorts, which, according
to the estimates of the editor of The
Directory, enjoy a circulation of more
than 5000 copies each. The increase in
the weekly rural press, which comprises
about two-thirds of the whole list, has
been most marked in states like Kansas
and Nebraska, where the gain has been
respectively "a and 18 per cent. Kansas
also shows the greatest gain in daily news
papers. The weekly press is gaining in
Massachusetts, while the magazines and
other monthly publications are losing
ground there. The tendency of such
publications toward New York city, as
the literary center of the country, il
shown by the establishment here of not
less than t~wenty-three monthly periodicals
during the year.
Some of the curiosities Of newspaper
statistics are worth a paragraph. There
are 700 religious and UNCONVENTIONAL
newspapers published in tho United
States, and nearly one-third Of them are
published in New York, Philadelphia,
Boston and Chicago. New York is far
ahead in this respect, but Chicago leads
Boston. Three newspapers are devoted
to the silkworm, G to the honey bee and
not less than 80 to poultry. The dentists
have 10 journals, the photographers 8
and the deaf, dumb and blind have 10.
There are 8 publications exclusively de-
voted to philately and l to the terp-
sichorean art. The Prohibitionists have
1919 organs to the liquor dealers 8. The
woman suffragists nave 7, the candy
makers 3; gastronomy is represented
by . newspapers, gas by z. There are about
600 newspapers printed in German and
40 in French. The towns which have the
most French periodicals are New York,
New Orleans and Worcester, Mass
apiece. There are more Swedish prints
than French. Two daily newspapers are
printed in the Bohemian tongue. The
toughest names are found among the
Polish, Finnish and Welsh press; for in
stance, The Dzienswiety and The Przja-
ciel Ludhi, of Chicago; The Y Wawr, of
Utica, of N. Y, and The Yyhdyswalta in
Sanomat, of Ohio. There is 1 Gaelic
publication, 1 Hebrew, 1 Chinese and 1 in
the Cherokee language.
All Of these facts have u direct interest
to the philosopher and the student of
sociology. There is no better gauge and
register Of American civilization than The
Newspaper Directory. - The Printing
Press.
, 1887-03-23
vITIATED BLOOD.
ScrofuIous, Inherited, and Conta-
gious Hum0rs Cured by Cuticura.

THROUGH the medium of one OF your
books received through Mr.. Frank L.
Wray, druggist, Apollo, Pa, | became
acquainted with your Cuticura Remedies,
and take this opportunity to testify to you
that their use has permanently cured me
of one of the worst eases of blood poison
ing, in connection with erysipelas, that |
have ever seen. and this after having been
pronounced incurable by some of the best
physicians in our county. | take great
pleasure in forwarding to you this testi-
monial, unsolicited as it is by you, in order
that others suffering from similar maladies
nav be encouraged to give your Cuticura
Remedies a trial.
p. S. Whitlinger. LecchburQ, Pa.
Reference: Frank 7. Wray. Druggist,
Anollo Pa -
, 1887-03-23
MAIL LETTINGS.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. "a, 1887.
PROPOSALS will be received at the
Contract Office of this Department
until 4 p. IN. of April 3. 1887, for carry
ing tie mails of the United States upon
the routes and according to the schedule
of arrival and departure specified by the
Department, in the Territory of Wyo-
ming, from July /, 1887, to June 30,
1890.
Lists Of routes, with schedules of arri-
walls and departures, instructions to bid
ders, with forms for contracts and bonds,
and all other necessary information, will
be furnished upon application to the
Second Assistant Postmaster General.
WILLIAM f. Villas,
Postmaster General.
, 1887-03-23

Shooting from horseback at full speed
is, to my mind, a sport to be encouraged,
combining more excitement and pleasure
than anything l have yet seen in this
country. Shooting jackrabbits on foot
is well enough, often giving plenty OF
amusement to the animals, and, again,
being rather monotonous when they are
plentiful; but to follow n rabbit at full
speed across country. letting your horse
enter into the sport, and shooting or
firing on the dead run, contains more of
tho clements of true sport than anything
| have found in southern California -.
San Francisco Call.
, 1887-03-23
sCRorULOu-. INHERITED

And contagious humors, with loss of hair,
and eruptioDs Of the skin. are positively
cured by Cuticura and Cuticura Soap ex
ternally, aud Cuticura Resolvent inter
nally, when all other remedies fail. Send
for pamphlet.
Cuticura Remedies are sold everywhere.
Price: Cuticura. the Great skin Cure, soc;
Cuticura Soap, and Exquisite Beautiier,
Csc; Cuticura Resolvent, the New Blood
Purifier. 81. Potter Drug and Chemical
Co.. Boston Mass.
pIMPLES, ~blackheads. skin blemis hes.
! and baby humors use Cuticura Soap.
, 1887-03-23
ULCERS.

James f. Richardson, custom house,
New Orleans, on oath says: I'm 1870
~scrofulous ulcers broke out on my body
until | was a mass Of corruption. Every
thing known to the medical faculty was
tried In vain. | became a mere wreck.
At times could not lit nv hands to my
head, could not turn in bed; was in con
stan pain and looked upon life as a curse.
No relief or cure in ten years. In 1850
heard OF the Cuticura Remedies, used
them, aud was perfectly cured.
Sworn to before U. S. Com. j. d.
Ora uforl -
, 1887-03-23

Mr.. Swell (who has rented n fashion,
able apartment housc)-We needn't be
ashamed of this. my dear.
Mrs. Swell-No, indeed; it ) Perfectly
lovely, and such a fashionable locality.
Mr.. Swoll-That's tho beauty of 1t.
And now, my dear, if you will send Per-
kins out for u loaf of bread and q half a
pound of butter we will have something
to eat.-New York Sun.
, 1887-03-23
An Answer

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or liver complaint that Electric Bitters
will not speedily cure? We say they can
not, as thousands of cases already peima-
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Bright's Disease. Diabetes, Weak Back,
or any urinary complaint Quickly cured.
They purify the blood. regulate the bowels.
and act directly on the diseased parts.
Every bottle guaranteed. For sale by W.
N. Hunt
, 1887-03-23

G. V. Baxter, an experienced aud sue
cessful druggist at Dewitt, Ia, says one
family there created an immense sale for
Chamberlain's cough remedy by using it
and recommending it to their neighbors.
during their siege of whooping cough;
nov it sells rapidly on its merits; it has no
equal for coughs, colds and Group. Sold
by w. N. Hunt.
, 1887-03-23

Stunning has had its day in New
York, and is now n toothless, gray head
ell and lettering craze, employed at very
rare intervals for somebody who liked
the fun and wants 10 repeat it, or some
body who hadn't the courage Il try it
befcrp.-Cor, Kansas City Journal
, 1887-03-23
RATES OFF ADyERTIsING-

DAILY all transient advertisements
- cents per line each insertion. 6 consecutive
l lsertions 3 cents per line one month 5 cents
Der line.
Minor mention notices. among local reading
matter, Is cents per line each Insertion.
WEEKLY LEADER, all transient advertise
ments % cents per line first insertion one
month, 20 cents per line SIX months 10 cents
DER line one year 8 cents per line. Marriage
md birth notices sl,OD each. No advertisement
inserted for less than % cents.
Ii. CLAICHE. Publisher.
, 1887-03-23

M Of the good things of this
NNNN.J life are ~sorrowfully let
alone on account Of Dyspepsia. kcker's
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Constipation; sold on a
positive guarantee at 25 and 90 cents, by
Pearse 4 McGill. Druggists.
, 1887-03-23
"Nr OF THE o IL cAsRs.

W. have been selling your Cuticura
Remedies for years and have the first
complaint yet to receive from a purchaser.
One of the worst cases of s~crofula | ever
saw was cured by the use Of FIVE bottles OF
Cuticura Resolvent, C~uticura. and Cuti-
cura Soap. The soap takes the cake
here as a medicinal soap.
Taylor & Taylor, Druggists,
Frankfort. Kan.
, 1887-03-23

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
be used for children teething. 1t
the child, softens the gums, al
LAYS the pain. cures wind collie, and is the
best remedy for diarrhna. Twenty-Five
cents q bottle.
, 1887-03-23

Sawdust thrown on q circular saw table
will render the hauling of heavy planks
quite easy. The grains act as small rollers
and reduce friction.
, 1887-03-23

A large brass chicken, whose wings
shelter an inkstand and whose head con-
~veniently goes to M side for o pen
wiper, is q novelty.
, 1887-03-23
Address Registered Letters to:
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
Nant nrianpu l.

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, 1887-03-23
- osc .uv Back .4ches.

AA Back ache, kidney pains, and
@ weakness. soreness, %lameness,
M strains and pain relieved In one
minute by the Cutcura Anti Pain Plaster.
-Infallible.
, 1887-03-23

Boils, pimples, hives, Iingworm. letter
and all other manifestations of impure
blood are cured by Hoods ~Sarsaparilla.
, 1887-03-23
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION

Daily, delivered by carrier. CSC per week,
81 per month.
Daily, by mail. 81 Dor month. $500 for SIX
months, $40 per year. r., advance.
Weekly s2-D per annum, 81. so for six months,
pa yable In advance.
, 1887-03-23

An p.cellent carbon for electrical pur-
pose ~ Low Obtained from geaweed.
, 1887-03-23
CAPITAL PRIZE $3.50 900.
Notice. Tickets are Ten Dollars only.
halves, SIS. Pifths, 81. Tenths, 81.

2.l79 Prizes amounting to...-......... .... $685. 900
Application fof rates to clubs should be made
only TO the office of the Company In New Or
leans.
For further Information write clearly, giving
iull address
Postal Notes, Express Money Orders. or New
York Exchange In ordinary letter Currency by
express at our expense) addressed
NJ. A. DACPHIN, New Orleans, La,
Or NJ. A. DAUPH1N. Washington, d.. c.
, 1887-03-23
Dr.. Wagaer&Co.
sFEOIALIsTs,

We offer no apology for devotlng so much time
diseases believing that no condition of humanity
Is too wrttched to menh the sympathy and best
services OF the profession TO which we belong
as many are innocent sufferers, and that
the physician who devotes himself
to relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, Is no les, a
philanthrOphist and a benefactor to his race
THAI the surgeon or physician who by close APP
plication ex GELS IN any other branch of his pro-
is dawning when the false pnIlsnthr1 ply that
condemned the victims Of folly or crime, like
the lepers under thr jewish law. to die uncared
for, has passed away.
, 1887-03-23
MIDDLE-AGED MEN.

There are many men OF the age OF 50 to 70 who
are troubled with too frequent excavations OF
the bladder, often accompanied by a slight
smarting or burning sensation and n weakening
OF the system III Is manner the patient camel
account for. On examining the urinary deposits
a ropy sediment Will often he found, and some.
times small particles Of albtuuen will appear, OF
tile color will be of akin or milkish hue, again
changing to a dark and turbid appearance.
There are many men who de of this difficulty
ignorant of the cause, whist Is the second stage
OF seminal weakness. DR.. Wagner will guaraI-
tee a cure In all such cases and a healthy festOra.
ton of the genit0-urinary organs, Consultation
free. Thorough examination and advice. 50 90.
See the Doctors additional advertisement in
the Denver Daily News and Tribune Republi-
can.
All communications should be addressed
DR.. WAGNER & co.
14i4 Larimer street. Address. Box 21ss. Denver,
Colorado.
Cut this out and take along.
, 1887-03-23
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
DYER'S Hotel,

nvcD'C u01cI This Hotel has been refted and remodeled through
UIE0 y 0OICI. out, and is o. one e the finest appointed Hotels in
the West The Meals gwen in this Hotel cannot lie excaned by any, the eepan,
furnishing by one the house is conducted upon the European Plan In fact, this
is the ideal stopping off place for the traveller who want comfort and ease. Excellent
Bar and Billiard rooms attached, with fo new billiard tables. Free Bus to and from
the depot for all trains Monthly Boarders solicited. Don't forget the place Overs
Hotel Cheyenne, Wyo. NORTH SACHS, Proprietor
, 1887-03-23

Location notices at Leader Office.
, 1887-03-23
YOUNG MEN

Who may be suffering from the effects OF youth
full follies or indiscreticns, will do well to avail
themselves OF this tile greatest boon ever laid
at the alter Of suffering humanity. DR.. WAC
NER will guarantee to forfeit Ave hundred dol
lars for every case OF semiual weakness or pri-
vate disease Of any kind or character which he
unlerfake 9 and fills In cura
, 1887-03-23

~. G. BAIRD and A. G. CAMpBELL), AT
torneys-at-Law and Notaries Public, Chey.
second floor, Stsbbins & Post s bank block.
, 1887-03-23

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STOCK. Ferguson street, Cheyenne.
, 1887-03-23

Successor to H. S. Oliver, FIRE INSURANCE.
None but time tried and ire-tested' companis
Cheyenne, Wyoming.
, 1887-03-23

In all its branches by ". ELLIOTT, on Eighteenth
street. one door west of the old stand. Singlefoct
All kind Of wagon work done first class.
The Washington critic., 1887-08-27
CITY NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Mary Washington, small colored girl,
was sent to the workhOusc In default OF
bonds. She is only 10 years old and has
been sleeping out on deor.steps.
w. Rosenthal has purchased for $l2, 200,
OF Emma j. Buckley ct al lot II, square
i54, nineteen feet by sevcnty.hve feet, on
Seventh street, between q aud II northwest.
Sheriff Greenwell OF st. Mary's County,
Maryland, arrived in the city last night
from Piney Point, with Carter Collins, who
Is charged with attempting to kill his wife
in this District.
Susan Withers, colored, for working a
horse with sores on him, was charged with
cruelty to animals to-day. She left S. for
her appearance on Monday. James Hicks,
colored, was fined IS for the same olrensc
Henry Rankin forfeited s. on similar
charge. John White also forfeited s. on
the same charge
The Washington critic., 1887-08-27
East Washington.

"A baptism will take place tomorrow
night In the Second Baptist Charch, Fourth
street and Virginia avenue.
MIR, Corcoran Of the NavyYard and a
party OF companions left this morning on a
"Trip down the river for the purpose OF hold
Ing a chowder party tonight. They will
return tomorrow.
John Weldon, who keeps store In the
county, was arrested yesterday by Onlcer
Mari for selling liquor on Sunday.
Agent Key OF the Humane Society ere
sted deal OF excitement yesterday at the
Navy. Yard by arresting boy employed as
II driver on dirt cart at the new Ordnance
building for working horse with sore
back. The corporal OF the guard at the
gate of the yard refused to let the cart and
horse pass out without permission, aud
sfter Mr.. Key had stormed for while he
reached the conclusion that the pass was the
only thing that would help him. While 1t
was being prepared the prisoner was sent
on ahead to the Fifth Precinct, but when
Mr.. Key arrived there he found that the
boy had not showed up. 1t is unnecessary
to add that Mr. Key was mad.
Nose Craig forfeited $40 collateral this
morning for driving horse with lace.
rated back
The Washington critic., 1887-08-27
WaAl Mn.hlnrinn.

The police OF Georgetown have sue.
ceeded IN making several cases under the
new police regulations. Officer WclsA last
night made u case against the firm OF Craig
& jackson and Osceola Rainy for obstruct-
ing the sidewalk, by leaving empty boxes
standing In front of they place OF business
all night.
Special officer Hamilton Nass at.
tempted to arrest Robert Smallwoo1 a
colored boy, last night, when the latter
made quite a serious assault on the officer.
Harry Noble, painter, was arrested by
Officer Hawkins last night for an assault
made on james A. Lee.
-Tempcrature and condition of water at
Ia. M: Great Falls, temperature, ~; condi-
ton, IA; receiving reservoir, temperature,
IS; condition at north connection, %; at
south connection, 80; distributing reservoir,
temperature, rs; condition at inluent gate
house, 80; condition at eilluent gate
house, 20.